The Y-specific pDP31 rearrangement polymorphism in southern African populations.

doi:10.1159/000154227

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The Y-specific pDP31 rearrangement polymorphism in southern African populations.

Human heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Spurdle A B, Jenkins T

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The pDP31 rearrangement polymorphism was studied in 353 individuals encompassing the southern African Khoisan, Negroid and Caucasoid populations. The three alleles representing the ancestral (unrearranged) DNA configuration, the duplication, and the triplication were detected in most of the popul...

Topics

Alleles
Gene Frequency
Gene Rearrangement
Humans
Polymorphism, Genetic
Racial Groups
South Africa
Y Chromosome

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